Located in Spruce Mountain, North Carolina, the Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine has been featured on The Learning Channel and is a particularly fun destination for kids. Visitors can tour an aquamarine mine, view an extensive emerald display, experience covered flume lines, and hunt for great treasures in the gem mine. There is also a gift shop and a general store on the grounds of the Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine. Tours of the Brushy Creek Aquamarine Mine are available, as well as tours of Hoot Owl, where emeralds and aquamarines have been discovered. Visitors can also discover a wide variety of gems themselves.

Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine, 13780 Highway 226 South, Spruce Pine, NC 28777, Phone: 828-765-6130

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